Production and decomposition of nitrous oxide during biological denitrification

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1096-1098

  Spector, Marshall ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Methanol; Nitrate; Nitrite; Nitrous oxide; Ozone; Sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; METHANOL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CLOSED REACTOR SYSTEM; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

METHANOL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REDUCTION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0032127608     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X123453     Document Type: Article

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